Ministry of Road Transport & Highways
Road Safety Programme
The road safety programme, including the component of loan from World Bank, is not yet finalized. Year-wise details regarding the road accident fatality rate  in the country during the last five years are given in the table below: -
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Year
|
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Road Accident Fatality rate
|
|
2016
|
|
6.6
|
|
2017
|
|
5.8
|
|
2018
|
|
5.6
|
|
2019
|
|
5.1
|
|
2020
|
|
4.0
- provisions relating to payment of compensation to victims of road accidents and their families have been given in the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 under section 161  and section 164 . Ministry vide notification dated 25th February, 2022 has enhanced compensation of victims of Hit and Run motor accidents . Further, Ministry has issued notification dated 25 Feb 2022 mandating the procedure for detailed investigation of road accidents, the Detailed Accident Report  and its reporting, along with timelines for different stakeholders, for faster settlements of claims by the Motor Accident Claim Tribunal . Claims are filed at Motor Accident Claims Tribunals at State Level. No centralized details with respect to compensation cases paid/ denied/ pending for compensation is available with the Ministry.
Further, the number of claims paid during the last five years and the current year along with the amount disbursed as compensation to the accident victims of the hit-and-run cases are as follows:
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Year
|
|
Total no. of claims paid
|
|
Total amount paid 
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2017-18
|
|
1252
|
|
238.62
|
|
2018-19
|
|
1233
|
|
234.54
|
|
2019-20
|
|
981
|
|
199.52
|
|
2020-21
|
|
719
|
|
162.90
|
|
2021-22
|
|
773
|
|
184.60
|
|
2022-23 
|
|
78
|
|
147
As per the data received from police department of all States/UTs, the total number of road accidents and fatalities on National Highways  in the country during the year 2018 to 2021 is given in the table below : -
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Year
|
|
Total Number of Road Accidents on National Highways
|
|
Total Number of Fatalities on National Highways
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2018
|
|
140843
|
|
54046
|
|
2019
|
|
137191
|
|
53872
|
|
2020
|
|
116496
|
|
47984
|
|
2021
|
|
128825
|
|
56007
State/UT wise, information on total number of road accidents and fatalities on National Highways  in the country during the year 2018 to 2021 is annexed as per Annexure.
As per yearly analysis of road accident data, based on the FIR data received from various States/UTs, road accidents occur due to multiple causes such as over speeding, use of mobile phone, drunken driving/consumption of alcohol and drug, driving on wrong side/ lane indiscipline, jumping red light, non-use of safety devices such as helmets and seat belts, vehicular condition, weather condition, road condition, fault of driver / cyclist/ pedestrian etc.
Annexure
ANNEXURE REGARDING ROAD SAFETY PROGRAMME.
State/UT – wise information on total number of road accidents on national highways in the country during the years 2018 to 2021.
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|
Sl. No.
|
|
States/UTs
|
|
State/UT-Wise Total Number of Road Accidents on National Highways during
|
|
|
|
2018
|
|
2019
|
|
2020
|
|
2021
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
2
|
|
4
|
|
5
|
|
6
|
|
7
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
|
8122
|
|
7682
|
|
7167
|
|
8241
|
|
|
|
2
|
|
Arunachal Pradesh
|
|
89
|
|
95
|
|
67
|
|
147
|
|
|
|
3
|
|
Assam
|
|
3963
|
|
3988
|
|
2963
|
|
3408
|
|
|
|
4
|
|
Bihar
|
|
4016
|
|
4526
|
|
4101
|
|
4349
|
|
|
|
5
|
|
Chhattisgarh
|
|
3995
|
|
3811
|
|
3463
|
|
3610
|
|
|
|
6
|
|
Goa
|
|
1425
|
|
1244
|
|
787
|
|
1116
|
|
|
|
7
|
|
Gujarat
|
|
3997
|
|
3511
|
|
3234
|
|
3406
|
|
|
|
8
|
|
Haryana
|
|
4358
|
|
3442
|
|
3039
|
|
3174
|
|
|
|
9
|
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
|
1455
|
|
1396
|
|
1045
|
|
1179
|
|
|
|
10
|
|
Jharkhand
|
|
1616
|
|
2074
|
|
1772
|
|
1890
|
|
|
|
11
|
|
Karnataka
|
|
13638
|
|
13363
|
|
11230
|
|
11462
|
|
|
|
12
|
|
Kerala
|
|
9161
|
|
9459
|
|
6594
|
|
8048
|
|
|
|
13
|
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
|
9967
|
|
10440
|
|
9866
|
|
11030
|
|
|
|
14
|
|
Maharashtra
|
|
9355
|
|
8360
|
|
6501
|
|
7501
|
|
|
|
15
|
|
Manipur
|
|
329
|
|
395
|
|
273
|
|
236
|
|
|
|
16
|
|
Meghalaya
|
|
118
|
|
325
|
|
128
|
|
153
|
|
|
|
17
|
|
Mizoram
|
|
23
|
|
21
|
|
25
|
|
29
|
|
|
|
18
|
|
Nagaland
|
|
244
|
|
235
|
|
309
|
|
488
|
|
|
|
19
|
|
Odisha
|
|
4207
|
|
4148
|
|
3673
|
|
4087
|
|
|
|
20
|
|
Punjab
|
|
2821
|
|
2423
|
|
2032
|
|
2288
|
|
|
|
21
|
|
Rajasthan
|
|
6726
|
|
6883
|
|
5764
|
|
6424
|
|
|
|
22
|
|
Sikkim
|
|
64
|
|
59
|
|
37
|
|
73
|
|
|
|
23
|
|
Tamil Nadu
|
|
19583
|
|
17633
|
|
15269
|
|
16869
|
|
|
|
24
|
|
Telangana
|
|
6487
|
|
7352
|
|
6820
|
|
7214
|
|
|
|
25
|
|
Tripura
|
|
188
|
|
248
|
|
184
|
|
199
|
|
|
|
26
|
|
Uttarakhand
|
|
816
|
|
662
|
|
524
|
|
711
|
|
|
|
27
|
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
|
16198
|
|
16181
|
|
13695
|
|
14540
|
|
|
|
28
|
|
West Bengal
|
|
4071
|
|
3537
|
|
3338
|
|
3821
|
|
|
|
29
|
|
Andaman & Nicobar Islands
|
|
93
|
|
71
|
|
42
|
|
41
|
|
|
|
30
|
|
Chandigarh
|
|
46
|
|
36
|
|
15
|
|
29
|
|
|
|
31
|
|
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
|
|
0
|
|
0
|
|
0
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
32
|
|
Daman & Diu
|
|
0
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
33
|
|
Delhi
|
|
783
|
|
857
|
|
460
|
|
457
|
|
|
|
34
|
|
Jammu & Kashmir
|
|
2118
|
|
2081
|
|
1512
|
|
1899
|
|
|
|
35
|
|
Ladakh
|
|
NA
|
|
NA
|
|
NA
|
|
119
|
|
|
|
36
|
|
Lakshadweep
|
|
0
|
|
0
|
|
0
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
37
|
|
Puducherry
|
|
771
|
|
653
|
|
567
|
|
587
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
140843
|
|
137191
|
|
116496
|
|
128825
|
|
|
|Includes expressways
|
|
|
|
Note: The Data for the years 2018, 2019 and 2020 of Tamil Nadu is undergoing revision.
|
|
State/UT – wise information on total number of fatalities on national highways in the country during the years 2018 to 2021.
|
|
Sl. No.
|
|
States/UTs
|
|
State/UT-Wise Total Number of Persons Killed in Road Accidents on National Highways during
|
|
|
|
2018
|
|
2019
|
|
2020
|
|
2021
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
2
|
|
4
|
|
5
|
|
6
|
|
7
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
|
2929
|
|
3114
|
|
2858
|
|
3602
|
|
|
|
2
|
|
Arunachal Pradesh
|
|
56
|
|
54
|
|
32
|
|
87
|
|
|
|
3
|
|
Assam
|
|
1541
|
|
1690
|
|
1322
|
|
1574
|
|
|
|
4
|
|
Bihar
|
|
3051
|
|
3436
|
|
3285
|
|
3517
|
|
|
|
5
|
|
Chhattisgarh
|
|
1384
|
|
1421
|
|
1390
|
|
1663
|
|
|
|
6
|
|
Goa
|
|
104
|
|
107
|
|
61
|
|
83
|
|
|
|
7
|
|
Gujarat
|
|
2171
|
|
1898
|
|
1797
|
|
2077
|
|
|
|
8
|
|
Haryana
|
|
2088
|
|
1901
|
|
1663
|
|
1766
|
|
|
|
9
|
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
|
470
|
|
487
|
|
314
|
|
425
|
|
|
|
10
|
|
Jharkhand
|
|
1122
|
|
1554
|
|
1241
|
|
1496
|
|
|
|
11
|
|
Karnataka
|
|
3986
|
|
3842
|
|
3330
|
|
3487
|
|
|
|
12
|
|
Kerala
|
|
1248
|
|
1259
|
|
887
|
|
975
|
|
|
|
13
|
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
|
2601
|
|
2904
|
|
3022
|
|
3389
|
|
|
|
14
|
|
Maharashtra
|
|
4088
|
|
3799
|
|
3528
|
|
4080
|
|
|
|
15
|
|
Manipur
|
|
88
|
|
111
|
|
90
|
|
77
|
|
|
|
16
|
|
Meghalaya
|
|
73
|
|
89
|
|
81
|
|
112
|
|
|
|
17
|
|
Mizoram
|
|
15
|
|
19
|
|
20
|
|
23
|
|
|
|
18
|
|
Nagaland
|
|
12
|
|
18
|
|
29
|
|
25
|
|
|
|
19
|
|
Odisha
|
|
1999
|
|
2000
|
|
1781
|
|
1933
|
|
|
|
20
|
|
Punjab
|
|
2085
|
|
1693
|
|
1492
|
|
1950
|
|
|
|
21
|
|
Rajasthan
|
|
3874
|
|
3870
|
|
3320
|
|
3829
|
|
|
|
22
|
|
Sikkim
|
|
31
|
|
29
|
|
14
|
|
23
|
|
|
|
23
|
|
Tamil Nadu
|
|
4492
|
|
3956
|
|
3203
|
|
5263
|
|
|
|
24
|
|
Telangana
|
|
2064
|
|
2491
|
|
2620
|
|
2735
|
|
|
|
25
|
|
Tripura
|
|
77
|
|
106
|
|
78
|
|
94
|
|
|
|
26
|
|
Uttarakhand
|
|
631
|
|
428
|
|
365
|
|
430
|
|
|
|
27
|
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
|
8818
|
|
8830
|
|
7859
|
|
8506
|
|
|
|
28
|
|
West Bengal
|
|
2150
|
|
2002
|
|
1810
|
|
2177
|
|
|
|
29
|
|
Andaman & Nicobar Islands
|
|
8
|
|
7
|
|
8
|
|
5
|
|
|
|
30
|
|
Chandigarh
|
|
16
|
|
13
|
|
6
|
|
21
|
|
|
|
31
|
|
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
|
|
0
|
|
0
|
|
0
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
32
|
|
Daman & Diu
|
|
0
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
33
|
|
Delhi
|
|
263
|
|
278
|
|
149
|
|
201
|
|
|
|
34
|
|
Jammu & Kashmir
|
|
400
|
|
384
|
|
258
|
|
268
|
|
|
|
35
|
|
Ladakh
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
27
|
|
|
|
36
|
|
Lakshadweep
|
|
0
|
|
0
|
|
0
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
37
|
|
Puducherry
|
|
111
|
|
82
|
|
71
|
|
87
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
54046
|
|
53872
|
|
47984
|
|
56007
|
|
|
|Includes expressways
|
|
|
|
Note: The Data for the years 2018, 2019 and 2020 of Tamil Nadu is undergoing revision.
|
|
This information was given by Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Shri Nitin Gadkari in a written reply in the Lok Sabha.